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I don’t think I’ve expressed much love for MLB since 1994. I enjoy the game of baseball. I like some of the teams and players. I just absolutely hate the governing body of professional baseball.
A lot.
Another exhibit in the bottomless stack of reasons why I hate MLB is this bit of spam I receive at least once a week detailing ostensibly single fans of baseball in my geographical proximity. It is just plain wrong on so many levels and it shits me to no end. Yet every week there’s this:
My first HF QSL goes to W1AW Portable 7 [1] in Oregon on 7.170.0Mhz. Contact made at 2014 September 07 at 0349 UTC. The W1AW portable calls in 2014 are celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the ARRL [2] and every state gets two one week whacks at a portable call.
Tonight’s station was located just west of Portland, Oregon. That makes it about 1500 miles station to station. So happy to know my piddling 100 watts off a vertical antenna without grounding radials can reach that far and get a 5/9 RST [3].
[1] http://www.codxc.org/new/page.asp?content=w1aw
[2] http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RST_code
Who needs a native Linux client after all? Installing Evernote via Wine [1]. Happy to have a “native” desktop client of Evernote [2] running on my *nix box.
[1] http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/35661/how-to-install-evernote-4.0-in-ubuntu-using-wine/
[2] https://evernote.com/
Go Stars!
From the who knew files: Who are Referee #35 and Linesman #85? [1].
In other news, the transition from baseball to hockey season continues to gain momentum in a way the Beatniks might only dream.
[1] http://scoutingtherefs.com/2014/09/4401/referee-35-linesman-85/
Spotify predicts because I listened to The Ethiopians and Desmond Dekker, I’ll like this album.
Well, Spotify, I will like this album. Just possibly not for reasons you think I will.
Gots to get some radials out on the antenna! Listened to Brazil (PT7ZT [1]) and if I heard it right, Armenia (EK something something something) on the 20 meter band tonight. Couldn’t do a damn diggity about powering through the pileups around the Brazil station because the antenna isn’t properly counterbalanced with ground radials.
The best I’ve gotten so far is Georgia (as in Atlanta) although it wasn’t a proper QSO since I was only checking into a net. Still looking to make that first real contact on HF and getting an awesome QSL card for my troubles.
Man launches balloons with radio transmitters [1] from Britain. Man eventually launches balloon that circumnavigates the globe [2]. Man makes other men exceedingly jealous with his awesome nerdery.
[1] http://www.leobodnar.com/balloons/
[2] http://www.leobodnar.com/balloons/B-64/index.html
Automatic flush
Porcelain technology
It works when I stand
So the store lacked the antiperspirant I normally deploy. In fact it lacked nearly all aerosol antiperspirants so I bought the one they did have. Brut. By Faberge.
I smell like my dad. This has been weirding me out all day.